NOV. 29, 2022.....While boasting of "nation-leading policy and reforms" in Massachusetts related to the opioid epidemic, incoming and outgoing state executives agreed Tuesday that there is more work to be done.

State government has taken specific steps to invest in recovery programs, de-stigmatize opioid-use disorder, bolster law enforcement's ability to get fentanyl off the streets, and hold opioid manufacturers accountable for irresponsible marketing, Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Attorney General Maura Healey said at a roundtable discussion at A New Way Peer Recovery Center in Quincy Tuesday morning.